If organizations use zone-redundant databases with the Azure SQL Database service under the Business Critical tier (also known as "Premium"), then they can now be eligible for a 99.995 percent SLA.

The aim of Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is to create a service that supports databases of up to 100TB and beyond. To meet those goals, Microsoft had to take a ground-breaking approach to scaling ...

Officially called Azure SQL Database Edge, the service runs on ARM64 and x64 processors and provides capabilities such as data streaming, time series data, ...

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is an excellent Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for a wide variety of users, notable for ease of use, exemplary controls, and AI/ML optimization.

In fact, SQL Server has pro­duced the fewest security vulnerabilities of all the major database platforms for many years, beating industry stalwarts such as Oracle and MySQL. One area where Microsoft ...

Microsoft announced updates to many Azure services this week, previewing new services and moving others from preview to general availability as full working versions. For those running virtual ...

The Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a managed database-as-a-service based on the open-source PostgreSQL relational database engine that has been in development for over 30 years.

Oracle Database Service for Azure gives Microsoft Azure customers direct access to Oracle databases residing in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing ...

Microsoft Ships Data API Builder for Azure SQL Databases. By David Ramel; 05/15/2024; Microsoft today announced the general availability of the open source Data ... language, and any device. With an ...